FREEHOLD, N.J., Jan. 17, 2013 /PRNewswire/ -- On January 16, 2013, the Board of Directors of Monmouth Real Estate Investment Corporation (NYSE:MNR) declared its quarterly cash dividend on the Company's Common Stock of $0.15 per share payable March 15, 2013, to shareholders of record at the close of business on February 15, 2013. The Company's annual dividend rate on its Common Stock is $0.60 per share.

On January 16, 2013, the Board of Directors declared a dividend for the period commencing December 1, 2012 through February 28, 2013, of $0.4765625 per share on the Company's 7.625% Series A Cumulative Redeemable Preferred Stock payable March 15, 2013, to shareholders of record at the close of business on February 15, 2013. Series A preferred share dividends are cumulative and payable quarterly at an annual rate of $1.90625 per share.

Also on January 16, 2013, the Board of Directors declared a dividend for the period December 1, 2012 through February 28, 2013, of $0.4921875 per share on the Company's 7.875% Series B Cumulative Redeemable Preferred Stock payable March 15, 2013, to shareholders of record at the close of business on February 15, 2013. Series B preferred share dividends are cumulative and payable quarterly at an annual rate of $1.96875.

Monmouth Real Estate Investment Corp., which was organized in 1968, is a publicly owned real estate investment trust (REIT) specializing in net-leased industrial properties subject to long-term leases primarily to investment grade tenants. The Company is a fully integrated and self-managed real estate company, whose property portfolio consists of seventy-three industrial properties and one shopping center located in twenty-six states. In addition, the Company owns a portfolio of REIT securities.

SOURCE Monmouth Real Estate Investment Corporation